readMeme

gistfile1.sh

#usage: readMeme [IMAGE URL or FILE]
#dependencies: wget imagemagick cuneiform
readMeme() {
  pic="`mktemp`"
  txt="`mktemp`"
  in="$1"
  if [[ $in == http:* ]] || [[ $in == https:* ]]; then wget -q -O $pic $1; else cp $1 $pic; fi

  mogrify -resize '640x640>' -negate -sigmoidal-contrast 14x12% -scale 115%x102% -threshold 24% -background gray0 -deskew 9% -threshold 47% $pic && 
   cuneiform $pic -o $txt &> /dev/null && 
   cat $txt | grep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9,.! ]*' | tr '\r\n' '  ' && echo
  
  rm $pic
  rm $txt
}